On this first spread I used a resist technique with clear glaze pens and watercolor. I did some of the glaze pen drawing on raw paper, and some on top of layers of watercolor, so that the colors showing through would vary. I like this a lot, but I'm going to have to try it on nicer paper some time.

Art Journaling has been a nice way to be able to do a little painting here and there without having to get out my easel and a canvas. I think my next art journal will be all painting. I've got to get something to keep the pages from sticking together, though. This one is a little dammaged from sticking.

I hated this spread at first. I just painted a bunch of circles to use up some paint left on my palette...but then adding black and white details on top really added something, and I think this ended up being my favorite spread of the week.

My housemate bought a new printer and it came with a bunch of pieces of orange tape stuck to it. I felt silly saving pieces of used tape, but they really brought this spread together! Also, you can't tell in the scan, but the word "BRAVE" is on top of a reflective/metallic piece of paper...which was part of the packaging for some nail decals I got recently. Hooray for upcycling!

I'm sort of in love with lime green (or chartreuse?) right now. I feel like I mixed the perfect shade of it for this spread. Also, for the gear design I used an actual plastic gear from inside an empty roll of runner tape, and I just dipped it in paint and used it like a stamp. It didn't do a very good job, though. I bet there's some sort of...something that one could use to coat everyday opject in to make them have a rubbery surface and therefore be usable as stamps. Seems like frisket might work. I'll have to do some experimenting.

Wow - so much eye candy in your post Jen - I am "replying" as I couldn't see a comment box. But I wanted to tell you I stopped by from AJED and the variety of your journal pages is just stunning. I coat all of my finished journal pages with Matte Medium = it keeps them from sticking.

Thanks Jessica. I use Matte Medium, too, but I must use it too heavily or something, because it still sticks. I've picked up some stuff called Dorland's Wax Medium, which is supposed to work. I'll be posting about my experiments with it soon. Oh- and for future reference, Blogger doesn't make it easy to find, but there's a little "add comment" text link at the bottom (or...maybe before?) existing comments, and you can click that to get a comment box. I think it also appears if you click the title of the post to go to the post's static page.

I'm attempting to make commenting easier by allowing you to do so without signing in or filling out word verification. This leads to a lot of SPAM, though, so please leave me some feedback to make sifting through all the junk worth it!